Dodger Stadium

[spadjo martin]

Hitting Imperial Beach just south of San Diego for vacation. Padres are playing a day game in Los Angeles that week. So, is it worth the drive up to LA to take in a a game there and turn it into a day trip, or should the wife and I just stay put and drink beer on the beach? If we do go, how bad will the traffic be? I wouldn't mind seeing a game in Dodger Stadium, but it's not like it's a bucket list item, either.

 

[Vombatus]

Hitting Imperial Beach just south of San Diego for vacation. Padres are playing a day game in Los Angeles that week. So, is it worth the drive up to LA to take in a a game there and turn it into a day trip, or should the wife and I just stay put and drink beer on the beach? If we do go, how bad will the traffic be? I wouldn't mind seeing a game in Dodger Stadium, but it's not like it's a bucket list item, either.

Just don't wear any San Francisco team stuff.

 

[TigerVols]

Hitting Imperial Beach just south of San Diego for vacation. Padres are playing a day game in Los Angeles that week. So, is it worth the drive up to LA to take in a a game there and turn it into a day trip, or should the wife and I just stay put and drink beer on the beach? If we do go, how bad will the traffic be? I wouldn't mind seeing a game in Dodger Stadium, but it's not like it's a bucket list item, either.

Depends a lot on the day of the week.
But Imperial to Chavez Ravine in the afternoon would be leave-at-2 kind of thing; return would be probably about 2 and a half hours.
IMO, not worth it unless Dodger Stadium is a must-see.

OTOH, you could leave after traffic and go to Langer's for lunch, bump around Silverlake and then go to the game.

 

[Steak Snabler]

Not sure if this is still the case, but when I went in 2012, they didn't even open the parking lots (let alone the stadium) until two hours before first pitch.

We got there about 3 hours early because we were worried about traffic and ended up sitting bumper-to-bumper on the side of a hill until they unlocked the gates.

Once they did that, it was like the Indy 500 as people raced to get the good parking spots.

That said, the experience inside the stadium is awesome. Few better places to see a game, in my opinion.

 

[spadjo martin]

It's a 12:10 start which is the only reason I would consider going, if that makes any difference.

 

[ChrisLong]

50 buck parking in a lot Frank McCourt still owns -- uh, no. There are other reasons I no longer go to a stadium I sorta grew up in, but that's enough for starters. Beer on the beach vs. Dodger Stadium is an easy choice.

 

[Spartan Squad]

Stay on the beach and drink beer. Honestly if you don't hit insane traffic on the way there you will on the way back. Unless you are die hard for one team or the other, or if Chavez Ravine is on your bucket list, I would avoid it.

 

[Songbird]

It's Dodger Stadium ... go.

 

[Huggy]

It was a bucket item list for me and the fam and we went the last time we were in Cali, probably took us 90 minutes to drive from Laguna Hills for a Sunday matinee in July but it was worth it.

 

[cranberry]

I guess it depends whether you will get back to Southern California or Los Angeles again and how much of a baseball fan you are. I love Dodger Stadium, but for me it's not worth the trip you describe.

 

[qtlaw]

No way would I consider a SD to Chavez Ravine trip in a day; traffics brutal from OC to LA, especially during day and not worth it IMHO, go to Petco and wait until you stay in Weat LA before going to Dodger Stadium.

 

[cjericho]

No way would I consider a SD to Chavez Ravine trip in a day; traffics brutal from OC to LA, especially during day and not worth it IMHO, go to Petco and wait until you stay in Weat LA before going to Dodger Stadium.

Didn't he say the Padres were playing at LA?

 

[Buck]

Petco is the last California stadium I have left to visit.

I did Chavez Ravine once a long time ago, I think 1995, on a visit. Didn't live in California yet.
I've glad I went, but I haven't been back despite 16 years in California now.

 

[Buck]

I also loathe the Dodgers.

 

[Riptide]

I also loathe the Dodgers.

Me, too. Good for us!

 

[Football_Bat]

Went 11 years ago to a Dodgers-Giants game. No hostilities seen. Got a $5 seat in the third deck near third base. (Below is my view of the field.)

Two things I remember: Brad Penny went ape**** and got chunked, and I forgot where I parked and walked forever looking for my car.

Oh yeah, and Dodger Dogs are overrated.

 

[Songbird]

Wonder how balder that guy is now.

 

[BB Bobcat]

Amtrak. There are buses that go from
Union Station in LA to the Stadium.

The train ride from SD is maybe 1:45-2 hours. It's a nice ride. Enjoy some drinks on the train.

No way I'd drive.

 

[Tweener]

Definitely go if you don't think you'll be back anytime soon. One of the best parks in baseball.

 

[qtlaw]

I went to Dodger Stadium in late 80's and it was a great time, was like the Disneyland of ballparks, no garbage anywhere, beautiful summer night. Of course this was the O'Malley tenure, before sale to Fox then McCourt.

Chavez Ravine, as I learned in the 30 for 30 Fernandomania, was one of the few places where Mexicans/hispanics had settled and they got displaced for Dodger Stadium, which led to the Mexicans shunning them for over 20 years.

Sad to see the criminal element creep into Dodger Stadium. I loved my Dodger dog.

Never thought about the train, would be great probably.